English · Idiom Candidate

sitting pretty

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

in a comfortable or advantageous position

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Literally: physically sitting in a pleasing way

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

ROARING TO GO … but yesterday the new Williams FW15 dream car was sitting pretty at its unveiling in London.

FLIGHT attendants on some US passenger aircraft will be sitting pretty this summer — on new lightweight seats supplied by Courtaulds and McDonnell Douglas.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “sitting pretty” mean?

in a comfortable or advantageous position Literally: physically sitting in a pleasing way

Is “sitting pretty” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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